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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 240

Three: Brigadier R.A.M. Currie [C.M.G., D.S.O.], Somerset Light Infantry Victory Medal, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Brig. Gen. R.A.M. Currie.); France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier´s breast Badge, 57mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver, gold, and enamel, enamel damage to points of badge; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine (3) Estimate £ 120-140 C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. and Bt. Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, D.S.O., Som. L.I. ´For services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.´ D.S.O. London Gazette 14.1.1916 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, Somerset Light Infantry. France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 1.5.1917 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry. Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4.9.1919 Major and Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, C.M.G., D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry. Brigadier Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, C.M.G., D.S.O., born 18th June, 1875, on the Diamond Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel F.A. Currie, Norfolk Regiment, and was educated at Wellington College. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry, June 1896; served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under the command of Sir William Lockhart, 1897, and was present at the engagement at Shabkadr; also with the Mohmand Field Force with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry; Lieutenant, December 1898; Captain, 1.1.1904; served as Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 1.1.1904- 31.12.1906; Brigade Major, 13th Infantry Brigade, Irish Command, 18.6.1912- 4.8.1914; Brigade Major, 5.8.1914- 24.3.1915; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14.8.1914; (Eight times Mentioned in Despatches; Brevets of Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel); Brigadier-General, 15.8.1917. Brigadier Currie died 30.3.1920, at Danzig, East Prussia, whilst acting as Brigadier-General, General Staff to General Haking, having since the Armistice commanded a Brigade on the Rhine, and is buried in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland.

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